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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/28/AR2010122800720.html
France's Spy Service Builds Up Amid Terror Threats
(AP-Washington Post) Jamey Keaten - France's international spy agency, the DGSE, is recruiting hundreds of people and getting a budget boost, despite frugal times, to better fend off threats like terrorism and nuclear proliferation. The move follows hostage-takings abroad and bomb scares at the Eiffel Tower. France is also set to ban face-covering Islamic veils, which has roiled Muslim extremists around the world and drawn threats from al-Qaeda.